An interview with Sean Brock, who earned his James Beard Award at the helm of McCrady’s in Charleston, South Carolina, but learned to love cooking in the coalfields of Wise, Virginia. His first cookbook, Heritage, will be published in October.

At the 16th Southern Foodways Symposium on Women at Work, Rebecca Sharpless detailed the oft-untold story of black women working as domestic cooks in white people’s homes. In the introduction to her book, Cooking in Other Women’s Kitchens, Sharpless says, “This study began as a part of a larger work on southern women who used … Continued

Today, for Easter week, we bring you a recipe for Gumbo z’Herbes by Leah Chase and Sara Roahen. Gumbo z’Herbes is traditionally eaten in New Orleans on Holy (Maundy) Thursday, so you’ve got a couple of days to gather your ingredients and prepare this labor-intensive—but oh-so-worth-it—gumbo. Leah Chase (l) and Sara Roahen. Gumbo z’Herbes from … Continued